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1. What are the possible causes of delays?

2. Have you ever experienced long delays before? (If yes, could you tell me what had happened)
3. Do long delays occur more frequently at big airports? Why?
4. What are your suggestions for reducing delays?
5. What do you think about airlines compensating passengers after long delays?
6. Could you tell me your company fuel policy?
7. Do you think a high cruising altitude helps reduce fuel consumption? Why?
8. What is the pilot’s role in saving the fuel?
9. What is your opinion on airline policy of encouraging pilots to save fuel?
10. What are the possible consequences of using contaminated fuel?
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1. If you are approaching “duty time limit” and still in flight, would that affect your decision making?
2. Do you think the pilots are given enough rest between their flights? Why？
3. Why is weather a major factor in flight safety?
4. Which weather condition do you think is the most dangerous to fly in? Why?
5. What are your suggestions about reducing risks of incidents caused by dangerous weather?
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1. Are you familiar with ATIS? What does ATIS stand for?
2. When and where do you usually listen to ATIS?
3. What information may be included in ATIS?
4. Do you think ATIS is useful for flight operation? Why?
5. Assume 假设 that you are going to fly tomorrow, will you make any preparations today? How would you prepare for your
flight the day before?
6. What do you do during your pre-flight preparation?
7. Can you introduce your Normal Checklist to me?
8. How do the flight crewmembers cooperate with each other to carry out the checklist procedures?
9. Can you say something about QRH.
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4. Under what circumstances may the aircraft suffer structural damage? Can you name a few?
5. Did you have any experience of aircraft structural damage? Have you ever heard any stories about that?
6. Can you tell me when it is necessary to execute emergency evacuation?
7. During flying, if something abnormal happens, and if the pilots decide to carry out emergency evacuation after landing,
what preparations should they make beforehand?
8. How do you execute emergency evacuation?
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1. Where do you have your recurrent training?
2. How often do you have the recurrent training? How many hours are you required to complete each time?
3. What training subjects do you review in your recurrent training?
4. In your opinion, which subject is the most difficult for you to deal with? Why？
5. Do you think it's necessary for the pilots to have recurrent training? Why?
6. What type of aircraft are you flying now? Do you like it?
7. What are the differences between the Boeing aircraft the Airbus aircraft?
8. If you have the choice to fly A320 and B747, which one will you choose?
9. Do you prefer the domestic routes or the international routes? Why?
10. Do you prefer the long haul routes or the short routes? Why?
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4. Have you ever received any training concerning dangerous goods transportation? If yes, what was involved in the
 training?
5. Why are certain goods considered dangerous?
6. If there’s leakage of a dangerous liquid substance in flight, what should you do?
7. In flight, if ATC informs you that they receive an anonymous call saying that there's a bomb on your aircraft, what will
you do?
8. Does your company have any specific procedures regarding a bomb on board situation? What are your procedures as
far as you know?
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1. Are there any technical manuals or handbooks in your cockpit? Can you name a few?
2. Do you often consult these manuals or handbooks in flight? Are they convenient to use?
3. Are these manuals in English or in Chinese? Do you prefer to read the original English version or the translated Chinese
version? Why?
4. Do you know anything about MEL? What does MEL stand for?
5. What is MEL used for? Is it important to ensure flight safety? Why?
6. Is it possible that all these paper manuals and handbooks will be replaced by the electronic files saved in the onboard
computer? Why or why not?
7. If you are given a choice, which one do you prefer to read, the paper manuals or the electronic files? Why?
8. Have you ever attended any English Radio-telephony courses in your flight college? What did you learn in this course?
9. Do you think it's necessary to have such kind of training? Why?
10. In your opinion, what are the main differences between the English language used in air-ground Radio-telephony and
the general everyday English?
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4. Is the hydraulic system important to flight operation? What are the functions of the hydraulic system?
5. What are the consequences of the hydraulic system failure in flight?
6. If your landing gears couldn't be extended on approach, what will you do?
7. If you decide to make a belly landing, what preparations should you make before landing?
8. Do you think belly landing is safe? Why?
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1. What do you usually do in the briefing room before you board the aircraft for a flight?
2. What information or data must you obtain before departure? Where can you get these data or information?
3. How do you get the loading sheet?
4. Which department is responsible for the provision of the loading sheet to the flight crew?
5. What's the use of loading sheet? What kinds of information are included in the loading sheet? Please give some
examples.
6. How long does your pre-flight preparation last?
7. What do you usually do in your pre-flight preparation?
8. Is walk-around a part of your pre-flight preparation? Please say something about your walk-around check.
9. If you find something abnormal during your pre-flight system check, what would you do?
10. Did you have such experience of finding out something abnormal during pre-flight preparation? How did you deal with
the situation?
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4. Do you think human factors are important to flight safety? Why?
5. Can you give me some examples of human errors which can largely endanger flight safety?
6. What can we do to reduce the human errors in flight operation to minimum?
7. What will you do if you have different opinion with the captain/first officer?
8. What is your understanding of CRM?
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1. Have you ever encountered a bird strike?(if yes, could you tell me what had happened)
2. When is an aircraft most likely to encounter bird strike? Why?
3. Before taking off from an airport, where do you get information about bird activity?
4. How do bird strikes threaten flight safety?
5. What measures could be taken to prevent bird strikes?
6. Do you feel prepared to deal with bird strikes?
7. Does your company provide CRM training?(if yes, could you tell me about it)
8. Do you think human error is a major factor concerning flight safety? Why do you think so?
9. Do you think good cooperation between captain and first officer would benefit flight safety? Why?
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4. Does your plane provide windshear warning to the pilots? (If yes, could you tell me the details?)
5. What are the possible consequences if windshear warnings were ignored by pilots?
6. Why is windshear a threat to fight safety?
7. What are the measures that a pilot should take to avoid wind shear?
8. What is your suggestion on how to reduce accidents caused by windshear?
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1. What are some of the ways to communicate with ATC in flight?
2. What should pilots do when encountering two-way communication failure in the air?
3. How to avoid misunderstanding in radio communication?
4. Why do you think good communication between captain and first officer is important?
5. During flight, what navigational aids do you usually use?
6. What should you do if you get lost in flight?
7. What should pilots do if a passenger refuses to turn off his mobile phone in flight?
8. How is in-flight icing dangerous to flight safety?
9. Do you have any indications in the cockpit for airframe icing in flight? If you do, please tell me about it. If you don't have
such indication, how could you know there's airframe icing in flight?
10. If you encounter icing during the flight what will you do?
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4. Do you think pilots can read newspapers or magazines in the cockpit during flight?
5. If you're the first officer and you notice your captain is reading a novel during cruising, what will you do?
6. What are advantages of flying ILS approach compared with VOR approach?
7. What should you do if your on-board navigational equipment fails?
8. What kinds of navigation equipment might be integrated into the cockpit in the future?
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1. Have you ever encountered a lightning strike during flight?
2 In what kind of weather conditions does lightning most likely occur?
3 Why do you think lightning is dangerous to flight safety?
4 If your aircraft encounters a lightning strike during the flight what will you do?
5 How could we avoid lightning strikes?
6 What may cause a pilot to reject take off?
7 Please tell me the procedure for rejected take off?
8 What are the possible consequences of rejecting take off after V1?
9 Have you ever encountered an electrical system failure during flight?
10 What will you do if one of your electrical systems fails?
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4. Why do you think a pilot should know something about flight attendants' work in the cabin?
5. Do you think the captain's briefing with the cabin crew should be mandatory? Why?
6. In general, how do you cooperate with the cabin crew?
7. How can cabin crew contribute to flight safety in emergency situation?
8. In your opinion, how would you improve the relationship between the cabin crew and pilots?
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1. Have you ever encountered lightning strike during the flight?
2 Do you think lightning is dangerous to flight safety? Why?
3 If you encounter a lightning strike during the flight what will you do?
4 How could we avoid lightning strike?
5 What may cause pilot to abort take off?
6 Please tell me how to make a rejected take off ?
7 What are the possible consequences of rejecting take off after V1?
8 Have you ever encountered air conditioning system failure during the flight?
9 What will you do if your air conditioning system fails?
10 Will you return for landing or continue your flight if your air conditioning system fails?
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4. How do you like the in-flight catering?
5. Do you have the same food with captain/ first officer during flight? Why?
6. Do you think the security check on the catering staff is necessary? Why?
7. Do you think it's important for pilots to keep fit? How do you balance rest and work?
8. What will you do if you feel very uncomfortable during the flight?
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1. During flight operation, which crew member is responsible for the radio communication talk with ATC?
2. How often do you carry out radio check?
3. How to make radio check?
4. What factor might affect the effective radio communication between ATC and pilot?
5. In your opinion, what could pilot do to improve the quality of radio telephony communication?
6. Have you ever met the situation when ATC and pilot misunderstand each other?
7. What are some of the efficient ways for the pilot and controller to avoid misunderstanding with each other?
8. What type of aircraft are you flying now? What communication system are installed on your aircraft? How to use it?
9. Have you ever encountered radio failure in flight?
10. What’s your company’s procedure to deal with this situation?
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4. If the aircraft engine ingests foreign object, will it endanger flight safety?
5. During which phases of flight is engines ingestion most likely to occur?
6. If your aircraft engine ingest some FOB during takeoff rolling. What would you do?
7. If bird ingestion happen to you during initial climb, how will you deal with the situation?
8. What can we or airport authority do beforehand to avoid such situations from happening?
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1. Do you have any alternate airport planned for each flight? Why?
2. What are some possible reasons for diversion?
3. What factors should you consider when making the decision to divert?
4. Who do you need to contact in case of diversion?
5. When making the decision to divert, if you have a different opinion from your captain/first officer, what will you do?
6. If there are some complaints among the passengers about the diversion, what can you do to comfort them?
7. Have you ever had any experience with diversions? If yes, please describe one of your experiences.
8. Do you often encounter traffic flow control? In what airports are you most likely to encounter flow control?
9. What may be some possible reasons for flow control?
10. Could you please describe one of your unforgettable flight experiences?
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4. During cruise, if you observe smoke in your flight deck, what will you do?
5. What may be some possible reasons for smoke in the flight deck?
6. During cruise, if the flight attendant reports that there's smoke in the cabin, what will you do?
7. Have you ever heard of any accidents caused by smoke or fire in the cabin? If yes, please describe it to me. If no, do you
think smoke or fire in the cabin can cause an accident? Why?
8. In your opinion, what could the pilots do to increase the safety margin?
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1. What are the possible reason to cause the aircraft be out of control in flight?
2. During flight, if you have flight control problem, what would you do (elevator, ailerons, rudder, flaps, etc)
3. What precautionary measure 预防措施 can you take to make sure your flight controls will be fully functional during flight?
4. What are the basic flight control limitations of your aircraft? (G-load, bank angle pitch angle)
5. Can you tell me the legal requirements for your aircraft ?
6. What safety factor should a pilot consider during refueling?
7. Can you say some details about the fuel dumping procedure of your aircraft?
8. Under what circumstances does a pilot need to execute fuel dumping procedures?
9. Which area do you think fuel dumping is not allowed during flight? Why?
10. During fuel dumping, what assistance can ATC provide?
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4. In heavy fog, if you miss the correct taxiway, what would you do?
5. During taxiing(dumping), how can you avoid the risk of collision in heavy fog？
6. What factor may cause runway incursion? 哪些因素能造成跑道侵袭
7. Misunderstanding in radio communication, aircraft or vehicles not strictly follow ATC instruction. Pilot enter into wrong
runway.
8. Do you have any suggestion to avoid runway incursions?
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1. What aircraft are you flying now? What systems does your aircraft have ?
2. Why do we need to use pressurization system on the aircraft? Could you explain the reason?
3. What factors may cause in flight depressurization?
4. In your opinion, which situation is more dangerous in flight? Slow depressurization or the rapid depressurization? Why?
5. In case of rapid depressurization, what’s the standard operation procedure?
6. When do you need to use the oxygen mask
7. What kind of control surfaces does your aircraft have? can you tell me a little bit about their location?
8. Would you explain functions of these control surfaces?
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4. How many emergency slides are there on your aircraft?
5. What are the locations of these slides?
6. What can the slides be used for?
7. Have you ever heard of any incident about slides being deployed on the ground inadvertently? What was the reason?
8. In which situation do you need to prepare for the emergency evacuation?
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1. What is the maximum fuel quantity that your aircraft can carry?
2. How can pilots determine their endurance in the flight?
3. What reasons might cause fuel shortage on board?
4. Have you ever encountered turbulence during the flight?
5. Why do you think turbulence is sometimes dangerous to flight safety?
6. When there's a passenger injured in the turbulence during the flight, what will you do?
7. Besides turbulence, what other bad weather conditions do you know? How do they affect flight safety?
8. Why is bird activity hazardous to the flight?
9. What might be the consequences of bird strike?
10. What do you do after bird strike?
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4. What is your company fuel policy?
5. Under what circumstances, do pilots need to declare fuel emergency?
6. Please name a few dangerous goods.
7. Why do you think we need specific training for dangerous goods transportation?
8. What have you learned from the dangerous goods training?
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1. Have you ever diverted in flight? Tell me your experience about diversion.
2. What are some possible reasons for diversion in the flight?
3. What are the preparations that are needed before you divert to your alternate airport?
4. What information do you need to know about your alternate airport before diversion?
5. What kinds of support do you usually need from ATC if you want to make a diversion?
6. What should you do if you decide to return for landing due to engine failure?
7. Is icing dangerous to the safety of the flight? Why?
8. What are the indications in your cockpit for icing conditions?
9. Have you ever encountered icing during flight?
10. If ice accumulated on the wings what would you do?
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4. Do you think a pilot should be familiar with flight attendant's work? Why?
5. Do you have to have emergency training together with cabin crew (if yes, please describe/if no, do you think you
should?)
6. How can pilots work together with cabin crew to ensure flight safety?
7. Why is cabin crew important in dealing with emergency situations?
8. What should pilots do to coordinate with cabin crew in emergency situations?
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1. How many hydraulic systems are there on your aircraft?
2. When one system fails, will it affect the flight safety?
3. What are the main functions of the hydraulic system?
4. When there's a hydraulic fluid leak, what will you do?
5. If there's a strange smell in the cockpit, what will you do?
6. Why are pilots required to be familiar with emergency equipment?
7. If there's a drunk (unruly) passenger in flight, what will you do?
8. If you made a hard landing, how would you explain to your boss?
9. If there’s a fight going on between passengers during flight, what will you do?
10. What would you do if a passenger refused to check in oversized baggages at the gate?
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4. Nowadays the terminal airspace is becoming more and more crowded. Do you think there are any potential risks?
5. What can be done to avoid aircraft conflicts at busy airports?
6. Why do near misses sometimes happen?
7. What should pilots do to prevent near misses?
8. What are your suggestions for ATC ?
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1. Do you know anything about the tail strike, or have you heard any incidents about tail strike?
2. Which phase of flight does a tail strike often happen, why?
3. According to your understanding, what are the possible reasons to cause a tail strike?
4. Do you think a tail strike could affect the flight safety? Why?
5. Do you have any effective way to avoid a tail-strike?
6. How do you search for CB or thunderstorm during flight?
7. What damages might CBs bring to your aircraft?
8. How do you usually make weather analysis before each flight？
9. Besides CB, are there any other adverse weather conditions that could affect our flight?
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4. What are the differences between day flights and night flights? 日航和夜航有哪些区别
5. During night flight, what runway equipment could help you to land safely?
6. What will you do if you land at an airport which you are not familiar with?
7. Does your company have any training to help you familiar with new airport ？If yes, say in detail. If no, do you think it is
necessary?
8. After landing at an unfamiliar airport, if you miss the first rapid exit, what would you do?
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1. Do you know ground collision?
2. Have you heard of any ground collision incidents?
3. Why does ground collision sometimes happen?
4. What damages might ground collision bring to the aircraft?
5. If you collide with a ground truck while taxiing, what would you do?
6. In your opinion, how to reduce the ground collision incidents?
7. What kind of medical help can the cabin crew provide to the passengers on board?
8. If one of your passengers suffered a heart attack in the flight, what should you do?
9. What should you do if your captain/first officer becomes incapacitated during the flight?
10. Under what circumstances do pilots need to declare medical emergency?
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4. Why is liquid not allowed to be carried into the cabin?
5. What can the airport security do to prevent terrorist activities on the aircraft?
6. Do you think the ground security has been improved in the last decade? Why?
7. Do you think it is necessary to strengthen the security check at the airport? Why?
8. What are your suggestions on how to improve the airport security check?
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1. Have you ever had bird strike during the flight?
2. When (where) is bird strike most likely to happen?
3. Why is bird activity hazardous to the flight safety?
4. How can we avoid bird strike during the flight?
5. Have you ever encountered turbulence during the flight?
6. Do you think turbulence is dangerous to flight safety? Why?
7. If you encounter turbulence during the flight, what will you do?
8. How can you avoid the turbulence?
9. When there's passenger injured in the turbulence during the flight, what will you do?
10. When you encounter bad weather during flight, what will you do?
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4. Do you think it's important for pilots to keep healthy? Why?
5. In your opinion, what are the best exercises for pilots to stay healthy? Why?
6. If your captain/first officer becomes incapacitated in flight, what will you do?
7. What might cause crew incapacity (incapacitation) in flight?
8. In your opinion, what could we do to minimize the risks of crew incapacity (incapacitation)?
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1. Have you ever diverted? Tell me about your experience of diversion.
2. What reasons might cause diversion in the flight?
3. What should you do if you have to divert to your alternate airport?
4. What information do you need to know about your alternate airport before diversion?
5. What kinds of support do you usually need from ATC if you want to make a diversion?
6. What factors will you consider when you decide to divert or return?
7. Have you ever encountered icing during the flight?
8. Do you have any indications in the cockpit for icing conditions? If yes, what do the indications look like? If no, how do
you know you are in icing condition?
9. Is icing dangerous to flight safety? Why?
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4. Are you familiar with the job of cabin crew?
5. Do you think a pilot should be familiar with how flight attendants work in the cabin?
6. How do you cooperate with the cabin crew in flight?
7. If the cabin crew has different opinion from yours, how do you handle it?
8. How could the cabin crews provide support to the pilot in the emergency situation?
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1. What type of aircraft are you flying now? What emergency equipments do you have in your cockpit?
2. When would you use the oxygen mask?何时使用氧气面罩
3. In case of in-flight emergency, when would you call MAYDAY? When would you call PANPAN? What’s the difference?
4. Have you ever encountered any abnormal situation during flying? Would you please describe it?
5. During flying, when is it necessary for you to make an emergency descent?何时需要进行紧急下降
6. Do you know anything about TCAS? If yes, what does TCAS refer to? What’s the use of TCAS?
7. Is your aircraft equipped with TCAS? If yes, could you please describe how your TCAS works?
8. Have you ever encountered any TCAS alert during flying? Can you describe it in detail?
9. Have you ever heard about any mid-air collision accident? Could you please say something about it?
10. In your opinion, what can we do to avoid mid-air collision?
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4. Can you say something about the traditional analogue instruments?
5. What aircraft are you flying? Do you have EFIS in your cockpit? If yes, please describe EFIS to me. If no, what instruments
do you have in your cockpit?
6. Compare the traditional analogue instruments with the digital displays on modern aircraft, which one do you prefer?
Why?
7. Compare side stick with control column, which one do you prefer? Why?
8. What are the main differences between Boeing and Airbus aircraft?
9. Nowadays the modern aircraft is highly computerized, do you think this is a good thing? Why?
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1. When and where did you have your ab initio flight training? (When and where did you first learn to fly?)
2. Could you please describe your first solo-flight?
3. What have you learnt from your flight instructor in your flight school?
4. Please describe an unforgettable experience in your flight school.
5. How many types of aircraft are there in your company’s fleet?
6. Do you think your company has enough international routes?
7. Based on your experience, what may cause flight delays?
8. Imagine that your passengers have boarded, yet you have been delayed for more than one hour and the passengers are
getting anxious. What will you do?
9. Have you ever been delayed for more than one hour before departure? When? Where? What was the reason?
10. In your opinion, what could the airlines’ or the airport’s personnel do to reduce the chances of flight delays?
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4. How many type ratings have you ever had? What are they?
5. Can you compare the aircraft you used in flight school with the aircraft you fly now?
6. In your opinion, what are the technological advantages and disadvantages of the aircraft you fly now?
7. If you could choose any type of aircraft to fly, which type will you choose? Why?
8. What are your criteria for job satisfaction?